A week ago arrived my second Gibbs 15 and I've tried to see if the parts are the same like on my other Gibbs 15. It turned out that there are some small differences here and there. In order to make things much clear and easier to understand as well as repeating myself over and over again, I will refer to my newer Gibbs as A and the older one as B.
The first thing that I've noticed was the lenght of the hollow plastic handles. The A handle seems to be slightly taller compared to the B handle.
The bottom plates are also slightly different.The hole on side A seems to be a bit larger in diameter.
The springs are also slightly different. The spring on side A is the original spring and it's seems to be slightly thinner.
The other thing that I've noticed is that the spring of side A takes some effort to squeeze inside the bottom part of side A, but it's impossible to fit it into the bottom plate of side B.
Another interesting difference is the bottom try plates. The most notable difference is the hexagon hole shape of side B compared to the round one of side A. The other difference here is the cut out holes where the blades sits. The hones on side A seems to be slightly higher while on side B they seems to be slightly wider. I was given a couple of plastic parts to fit them into those holes so they can hold the blade a bit more secure and while they fit on in the holes of side B, they don't fit on side A at all.
And finally, the adjustment rings. The knurling pattern is different, but both fit perfectly on both bottom try plates the same way and the inside thread pattern seems to be the same as well.
I hope that information comes to of use to anyone who's interested in these razors, although I think those who are into Gibbs razors a lot longer than me would probably already know all of this.
The first thing that I've noticed was the lenght of the hollow plastic handles. The A handle seems to be slightly taller compared to the B handle.
The bottom plates are also slightly different.The hole on side A seems to be a bit larger in diameter.
The springs are also slightly different. The spring on side A is the original spring and it's seems to be slightly thinner.
The other thing that I've noticed is that the spring of side A takes some effort to squeeze inside the bottom part of side A, but it's impossible to fit it into the bottom plate of side B.
Another interesting difference is the bottom try plates. The most notable difference is the hexagon hole shape of side B compared to the round one of side A. The other difference here is the cut out holes where the blades sits. The hones on side A seems to be slightly higher while on side B they seems to be slightly wider. I was given a couple of plastic parts to fit them into those holes so they can hold the blade a bit more secure and while they fit on in the holes of side B, they don't fit on side A at all.
And finally, the adjustment rings. The knurling pattern is different, but both fit perfectly on both bottom try plates the same way and the inside thread pattern seems to be the same as well.
I hope that information comes to of use to anyone who's interested in these razors, although I think those who are into Gibbs razors a lot longer than me would probably already know all of this.
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